Welcome to the Wozniak? Lab
Bacterial corneal infection (bacterial keratitis) is a major contributor to vision loss throughout the world, resulting in nearly 2 million new cases of blindness annually. Yet, despite the prevalence of this disease and its significant morbidity, there is still much to learn regarding how bacteria successfully initiate, establish and maintain infection. Our lab takes both basic science and translational approaches to study the pathogenesis of bacterial keratitis and to develop novel antimicrobial therapies to treat this blinding disease.

Rachel A. F. Wozniak, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
- Rare and Emerging Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens in Infectious Keratitis.; The ocular surface. 2026 Jul 15.
- Triple-Phase Multimodal Knowledge Aggregation Framework for Microbial Keratitis Subtype Diagnosis on Slit-Lamp Photography.; ArXiv. 2026 Jul 08.
- Oral amoxicillin-clavulanate: an alternative treatment to refractory Nocardia keratitis-a case report.; ASM case reports; Vol 2(4). 2026 Apr 23.
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Wozniak? Lab
601 Elmwood Ave
Rochester, NY 14642